4/2/13: Athens, OH

The saving grace of this city was the mere fact that it was only 2 hours away from our last city - which meant a Noon bus call and plenty of time before the show after we arrived at the hotel.

We were playing a theatre on campus at Ohio University - a MUCH smaller theatre than we are used to playing.  So much smaller that a good portion of our set pieces couldn't be used - including our Front Curtain and Balcony/Front Door unit.  So basically, it was another understudy show - except it was a Set Understudy.  Like I've said before, these are always (chaotic) but a lot of fun because you truly don't know what is going to happen during the show.  Nothing fuels the adrenaline like curtains coming down on you that didn't expect or all the lights going out while your dancing -- or there being a giant open space where there was supposed to be a door.  Not that the show wasn't great - I think it was actually one of my best shows because of all the oddities.  And of course the audience was none the wiser and had a fantastic time.  That's whats amazing about touring shows - what seems like chaos backstage just seems like what is supposed to happen out in the audience.

And to boot - after the show, we got to watch the most recent Ru Paul's Drag Race.  Not a bad day...